Example sentences of "the [noun] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 Ace , Defries and Johannsen could only watch as , almost in slow motion , Daak thrust out a fist to support his weight — and pushed down half the switches on the control panel .
2 Although Decimax 's current ad shows these switches to be of the keypad variety , our unit used membrane types ; each push of the switch on the plus or minus end gives a corresponding level change ( indicated by the LEDs ) on that particular frequency .
3 Once , not long ago , an old film called National Velvet had been on television and when the young Elizabeth Taylor appeared on the screen he had at once been sharply reminded of Mary — and had exited , not with the escape key but with the switch on the set .
4 Press the switch on the fascia and it lights up a new world of controlled cooking .
5 Flicking the switch on the TV is one thing , but such reactions are more serious when it comes to real life situations .
6 Whitlock activated the switch on the dashboard and the glass slid into place , sealing off the back and front seats of the car .
7 She heard the rattle of the curtain rings as the blackouts were pulled across , and then the click of the switch on the standard lamp as Bella put on the light .
8 Woolley reached up and pulled the switch on the air-raid warning .
9 By the time he had climbed out of the valley and over the pass on a day which was fretting for a thunderstorm , he was boiling with the need to act .
10 I mean it is , it is ridiculous because we 've had that November party down there , and if it does need a bit of planning , you just put the heat on a bit early anyway
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